Professor Zadeh from Computer Science is spearheading research at UCB on "soft computing" under the aegis of BISC (Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing). Soft computing is a consortium of methodologies -- including neurocomputing and various forms of probabilistic reasoning as well as Zadeh's own fuzzy logic -- aimed at exploring synergistic combinations of such methods. Recent advances have shown that "neurofuzzy systems," combining neurocomputing and fuzzy logic, are particularly effective in solving problems in pattern classification, image understanding, and control. Zadeh's project on soft computing includes insights from logic, psychology, linguistics, and neurobiology in addition to those from computer science. It can be applied to many problems in all four context domains: perception, thought, learning, and language.